On Dec. 22 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

The Food and Drug Administration issued its weekly Enforcement Report for Dec. 21 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, drugs, biologics and devices (here). The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.

The Food and Drug Administration revised a recently issued draft guidance document on food facility registration, it said (here). The revised draft guidance (here) includes two sections omitted from the previous version, issued in November (see 1611070022), addressing who is exempt from registration and definitions, FDA said. FDA requires renewal of all food facility registrations, including for foreign facilities, every two years, including this year. The deadline for registration is Dec. 31.

The Food and Drug Administration is amending its regulations on food additives permitted for use in animal feeds and water to allow for the use of feed grade sodium formate as a feed acidifying agent in complete poultry feeds, it said in a final rule that takes effect Dec. 27 (here). FDA recently allowed use of the additive in swine feeds (see 1609290024).

On Dec. 21 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

On Dec. 20 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

On Dec. 16-19 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

On Dec. 14-15 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

The Food and Drug Administration issued its weekly Enforcement Report for Dec. 14 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, drugs, biologics and devices (here). The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.

The Food and Drug Administration is issuing an interim final rule to exempt raw fruits and vegetables for minimum nutrient content requirements and the threshold for making "low fat" claims, it said in a notice (here). The rule follows a petition to the FDA that it issue an interim final rule "stating that the evidence is compelling and the potential to encourage fruit and vegetable consumption is important for public health and that issuing an interim final rule would allow affected fruit and vegetable products to become eligible to bear these health claims as expeditiously as possible," FDA said. "We agree with the petitioner that some current requirements for the dietary saturated fat and cholesterol and risk of [coronary heart disease] health claim prevent a number of fruits and vegetables from being eligible to bear the claim." The agency is also seeking public comments on the issue, it said.